how do you work?

[robogone]

Depends on whether something comes to me before I start or if I go at it with a blank mind. I often try guitar or piano (sometimes mandolin) to find a melody or chord sequence and work from there. Sometimes if I need inspiration I just play around with a few preset sounds and improvise over what I already have.

[tetraplan]

Right now, I'm messing around with found sound and field recordings. Mess around with it, see where it gets me.

Groet, Erik

[Dominus]

One cool thing you can try is to experiment with an open tuning on a guitar. There's a new song in every one of them!

-S

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+1

I keep all of my guitars tuned differently.

Drop D (D A D G B E)
Open C (C G C G C E)
Open B? (B Gb B Gb B Eb)
5 String Baritone CB-2000 - (Ab Eb Ab Db Gb) (I think)

[Chuck E. Jesus]

One cool thing you can try is to experiment with an open tuning on a guitar. There's a new song in every one of them!

-S

+1

+1

I keep all of my guitars tuned differently.

Drop D (D A D G B E)
Open C (C G C G C E)
Open B? (B Gb B Gb B Eb)
5 String Baritone CB-2000 - (Ab Eb Ab Db Gb) (I think)

not an open G in the bunch?

[Shane Sanders]

One cool thing you can try is to experiment with an open tuning on a guitar. There's a new song in every one of them!

-S

+1

+1

I keep all of my guitars tuned differently.

Drop D (D A D G B E)
Open C (C G C G C E)
Open B? (B Gb B Gb B Eb)
5 String Baritone CB-2000 - (Ab Eb Ab Db Gb) (I think)

not an open G in the bunch?

G is for Girls.

[Chuck E. Jesus]

One cool thing you can try is to experiment with an open tuning on a guitar. There's a new song in every one of them!

-S

+1

+1

I keep all of my guitars tuned differently.

Drop D (D A D G B E)
Open C (C G C G C E)
Open B? (B Gb B Gb B Eb)
5 String Baritone CB-2000 - (Ab Eb Ab Db Gb) (I think)

not an open G in the bunch?

G is for Girls.

slide me up and call me mary

[Kingston]

One cool thing you can try is to experiment with an open tuning on a guitar. There's a new song in every one of them!

-S

(shamefully) I admit that having played the guitar for too long already, I was only very recently introduced to this. Simultaneously the introducer hands me a slide and says "let go".

...it's like this massive vista of new opportunities opened up.

the last tune I was playing with was some "natural" minor seventh. what I did was just tuned the guitar to a great sounding open minor chord, and let the slide do the talking. felt like a cowboy.

can't remember what exact tuning it was but thankfully it was all recorded so I can decrypt it.

[Chuck E. Jesus]

One cool thing you can try is to experiment with an open tuning on a guitar. There's a new song in every one of them!

-S

(shamefully) I admit that having played the guitar for too long already, I was only very recently introduced to this. Simultaneously the introducer hands me a slide and says "let go".

...it's like this massive vista of new opportunities opened up.

the last tune I was playing with was some "natural" minor seventh. what I did was just tuned the guitar to a great sounding open minor chord, and let the slide do the talking. felt like a cowboy.

can't remember what exact tuning it was but thankfully it was all recorded so I can decrypt it.

that's totally cool....

for some reason i ended up playing in an open G with the high e remaining for about 5-8 years, there is a name for it, it was in a thread awhile back but i lost the various guit tunings link (anyone got it?)...but no i got the opposite experience, i'm discovering standard tuning...but for slide, open G is still my friend

[Shane Sanders]

One cool thing you can try is to experiment with an open tuning on a guitar. There's a new song in every one of them!

-S

(shamefully) I admit that having played the guitar for too long already, I was only very recently introduced to this. Simultaneously the introducer hands me a slide and says "let go".

...it's like this massive vista of new opportunities opened up.

the last tune I was playing with was some "natural" minor seventh. what I did was just tuned the guitar to a great sounding open minor chord, and let the slide do the talking. felt like a cowboy.

can't remember what exact tuning it was but thankfully it was all recorded so I can decrypt it.

Cool. Yeah, if I ever started to do this a lot, I'd be sure and use that free VST that allows you to save notes within your project. Then just fire up GTune and make a note of the note-name and Hz value of each string for reference. Might save a lot of time and frustration if you set projects aside for a while.

[Hink]

One cool thing you can try is to experiment with an open tuning on a guitar. There's a new song in every one of them!

-S

+1

+1

I keep all of my guitars tuned differently.

Drop D (D A D G B E)
Open C (C G C G C E)
Open B? (B Gb B Gb B Eb)
5 String Baritone CB-2000 - (Ab Eb Ab Db Gb) (I think)

not an open G in the bunch?

G is for Girls.

yeah Gm is much better

[slugpark]

idea...
zone out...
result.

in a nutshell, Vurt!

1.Hit b*ng
2.Write song

[Dominus]

One cool thing you can try is to experiment with an open tuning on a guitar. There's a new song in every one of them!

-S

+1

+1

I keep all of my guitars tuned differently.

Drop D (D A D G B E) (Dimarzio Tone Zone)
Open C (C G C G C E) (Mighty Mite Motherbucker)
Open B? (B Gb B Gb B Eb) (EMG 81)
5 String Baritone CB-2000 - (Ab Eb Ab Db Gb) (I think) (Dimarzio X2N)

not an open G in the bunch?

I'd need another guitar, and another high output pickup to try out.

[Chuck E. Jesus]

One cool thing you can try is to experiment with an open tuning on a guitar. There's a new song in every one of them!

-S

+1

+1

I keep all of my guitars tuned differently.

Drop D (D A D G B E)
Open C (C G C G C E)
Open B? (B Gb B Gb B Eb)
5 String Baritone CB-2000 - (Ab Eb Ab Db Gb) (I think)

not an open G in the bunch?

G is for Girls.

yeah Gm is much better

if you like under age girls....

[Hink]

+1

+1

I keep all of my guitars tuned differently.

Drop D (D A D G B E)
Open C (C G C G C E)
Open B? (B Gb B Gb B Eb)
5 String Baritone CB-2000 - (Ab Eb Ab Db Gb) (I think)

not an open G in the bunch?

G is for Girls.

yeah Gm is much better

if you like under age girls....

[polyslax]

One cool thing you can try is to experiment with an open tuning on a guitar. There's a new song in every one of them!

-S

+1

+1

I keep all of my guitars tuned differently.

Drop D (D A D G B E)
Open C (C G C G C E)
Open B? (B Gb B Gb B Eb)
5 String Baritone CB-2000 - (Ab Eb Ab Db Gb) (I think)

Here's my starter list:

DADGBE - Drop D
DADF#AD - Open D
DADF#AC# - D maj7
DADF#CD - D7 Tuning
DADGAD - D Sus
DADEAD
DADDAD
CGCGCE - Open C
CGCGAE - C6
DGDGBD - Open G
DGDGBbD - G Minor
DGDGBE - G6 Tuning
EBEGBE - E Minor
EADF#BE - Lute Tuning
EADGCF - Perfect Fourth